Kind of validity | Aspect of validity | Object of validity (animal/human similarity of...) |
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homological validity | species validity | Species |
Ā | strain validity | strain |
pathogenic validity | ontopathogenic validity | interaction transforming an initial organism into a vulnerable organism. |
Ā | triggering validity | interaction transforming an initial or a vulnerable organism into a pathological organism. |
mechanistic validity | theoretical cognitive or neurobiological mechanisms producing the observable effects of the disease. | |
face validity | ethological validity | behavioral symptoms of the disease |
Ā | biomarker validity | biomarkers associated with the disease |
predictive validity | induction validity | relation between the triggering factor and the observable effects of the disease. |
Ā | remission validity | relation between the therapeutic agent and the observable effects of the disease. |